vi, 119 pages ; 23 cm

"Shurden examines the meaning of being Baptist by chiseling a Baptist profile and identifying freedoms commonly found in Baptist sermons, addresses, and confessions of faith." Publisher's website

Includes bibliographical references

Bible freedom -- Soul freedom -- Church freedom -- Religious freedom -- Summary and conclusions -- Appendixes: -- Documents on the Baptist identity -- Appendix I: Towards a Baptist identity: a statement ratified by the Baptist Heritage Commission in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, July, 1989 -- Appendix II: Baptist distinctives and diversities and disagreements and differences of emphasis among Baptists -- Appendix III: A pronouncement on religious liberty -- Appendix IV: The covenant of the Alliance of Baptists -- Appendix V: The Baptist doctrine of the church -- Appendix VI: An address to the public of the Interim Steering Committee of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship -- Appendix VII: Baptist ideals -- Appendix VIII: The people called American Baptists: a confessional statement

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